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G. H. DAVIS.

REIN HOLDER.

No; 450,994. Patented Apr. 21, 1891.

'NITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. DAVIS,'OF LAOONA, NEIV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO S. H. BARLOW, OF SAME PLACE.

RElN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,994, dated April 21, 1891.

Application filed August 4, 1890- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE II. DAVIS, of Lacona, in the county of Oswego, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rein-Fasteners, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to rein-holders.

My object is to produce a portable reinholder easily and readily attached to the dashboard of a wagon, simple and cheap of construction, and of great utility.

My invention consists in the several novel features of construction and operation hereinafter described, and specifically set forth in the claim hereunto annexed. It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a View of the rein-holder attached to a dash, holding reins shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a view of the same detached. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of Fig. 2.

A is the rein-holder, constructed from a continuous piece of wire bent first at one end to form an eye 1,and then at a short distance from this eye it is again bent at 2 to form spring-eye 3, thence bent downwardly and outwardly till it reaches the point 4, where it is bent to the right, forming an oblique angle, and thence bent again to form another springeye 5. The wire then takes an upper direction (3 until it reaches a point about opposite the eye 3, where it is curved to the right, as shown at 7. It is then bent at right angles,

as at 9.

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respond with the part just described when it reaches the point 10, which corresponds with the eye 1. It may be again bent at right angles and its free end allowed to enter the eye 1, where preferably it is secured.

It will be seen that I can cut the Wire off at the point 10 and form an eye to correspond to the eye 1 without departing from the spirit of my invention.

It will be seen that after producing the eye I and bending the wire downwardlyI produce a recess a. This recess is for the reception of the upper edge of the dash, and the tension produced by the spring-eye 3 serves to keep it in position. It will also be observed that after producing the eye 5 and allowing the Wire to pass upwardlylproduce another recessb. This is for the reception of the reins, and the tension produced by the spring-eye 5 holds them wherever they are placed.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A portable rein-holder constructed, as herein described and shown, from a continuous 

